#94

Petite American Cloth Girl with Bobbed Hair by Martha Chase
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$1,500
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted hair and facial features, bobbed short curls and bangs, painted blue eyes, red upper eyeliner, long upper lashes, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, rosy cheeks, cotton sateen body cover, oil-painted stitch-jointed arms and legs, bare feet, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Chase Stockinet Doll (and doll head symbol, on torso). Comments: Martha Chase, circa 1910. Value Points: rare bobbed hair model, especially hard to find in this smaller size, has wonderful original painting.